[aisle] PERA Student Growth in Middle School

[Loretta Burke]

 Hope this helps.  In my former district, all SLMPs were assessed with the same criteria as classroom teachers for PERA (per union contract).  Student growth was 50% of our Evaluation.  I learned about this resource (TRAILS:  Tool for Real Time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills)  while in Library School (2003-2005).   I used this as a guide to create my Student Growth Plan.  Here's the link:   https://trails-archive.org/
I didn't have to re-invent the wheel, and the assessments and resources can guide you in your teaching. I worked with another teacher who was happy to hand over his class once a week!  Students don't necessarily have to be doing a full-fledged research project, but you can use a Unit or Career Exploration to incorporate information literacy skills.  
I only met with the students for one class period for six weeks (required timeframe to show student growth).  You can test students' information literacy skills by category or use a general test as your pre-test.  I used the results to guide my teaching when I met with the classes each week.  On or immediately after the 6th class, I gave a post-test and then I had real data ready for my evaluation.  My administrator was very impressed with my plan, with its emphasis on students' development of strong information literacy skills.
Loretta Burke    On Monday, January 9, 2023 at 06:25:38 PM CST, Jacob Roskovensky via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:  
 
 I don't even remember what the growth needed to be... My supervisor and I didn't really agree on that yet.... she wanted it pretty low.  I figured it could be pretty high, because I knew the kids had no idea before learning how to do it.... my scores went from 4/16 to 15/16 and 16/16
On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 7:21 PM Dawn Scuderi via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

Huh!  So you didn't use it for classes coming in but for volunteer kids?  That's clever! Was there a certain level of growth you had to show?

On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 6:19 PM Jacob Roskovensky via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

This year I did it with my student workers.... I wrote a rubric on doing a task,  the rubric is pretty generic.   So some kids were tested on weeding materials and some kids were tested on marking genres.   I can send my rubric tomorrow if anyone would like it.  
On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 7:15 PM Dawn Scuderi via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

Hi Library Friends!
Happy New Year!I have a problem... I just found out that I have to do student growth for the first time ever (in 7 years) and I am not sure how I can make this work.I am on a flex schedule and see each class about every two weeks for about 40 minutes.I do teach research, but I am inbetween the research cycle for my 7th and 8th grades.  No one is doing it right now.
Is there any other way to show student growth that has worked for you?
Thanks for any help,
Dawn 
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